{"product_id":"hazardous-chemicals-agents-of-risk-and-change-1800-2000-9781800734340","title":"Hazardous Chemicals: Agents of Risk and Change,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAlthough poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger. Covering a host of both notorious and little-known chemicals, the chapters in this collection investigate the emergence of specific toxic, pathogenic, carcinogenic, and ecologically harmful chemicals as well as the scientific, cultural and legislative responses they have prompted. Each study situates chemical hazards in a long-term and transnational framework and demonstrates the importance of considering both the natural and the social contexts in which their histories have unfolded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Homburg and Vaupel provide an excellent review of the industrial development of eight chemical substances that have emerged as problematic agents to global public health and the environment since the dawn of the industrial revolution…the language here is non-technical, and each chapter provides extensive footnotes and references…Recommended”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Overall, the edited collection offers scholars an excellent set of biographical chemical histories… the scholarship is superb.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Technology and Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel make an outstanding contribution to historical toxicology by assembling an impressively varied but closely interconnected collection of essays that focus on a number of industrially produced chemical substances. They do so, too, by their own introductory overview of toxicological concepts and developments across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and by a conclusion that addresses the overarching question of periodization in the historiography of the regulation of hazardous chemicals.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Isis Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This collection is an important addition to the literature and will help the field take the now overdue step from national to global research.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Labour History Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eHazardous Chemicals \u003cem\u003ehopefully also encourages medical doctors to stay alert to signs of toxicity, to conduct good research, and to formulate conclusions so clearly that industry, legislation and the public can actually do something with it.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Medisch Contact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“These very rich investigations into the history of poison, hazard and regulation contain new insights and empirical findings.\u003c\/em\u003e Hazardous Chemicals \u003cem\u003eis a very substantial addition to the literature in the field.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Carsten Reinhardt\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Bielefeld\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eHazardous Chemicals \u003cem\u003eis a bold contribution to the blooming field of historical studies on toxic products. It includes many excellent chapters that approach the topic from many different perspectives, covering a broad range of harmful substances, geographical contexts, and stakeholders while giving insightful analyses of relevant cases and offering comparative perspectives on toxic risk regulation.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• José Ramón Bertomeu Sánchez\u003c\/strong\u003e, Universitat de València\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hazardous Chemicals, 1800–2000: A Conceptual and Regulatory Overview\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eErnst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: FROM ACUTE TO CHRONIC POISONING: REGULATING OLD POISONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eSchweinfurt Green and the Sanitary Police: The Fight Against Copper Arsenite Pigments\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoost Mertens†\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Banning of White Lead: French and International Regulations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLaurence Lestel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Old Situations, New Complications: Lead and Lead Poisoning in a Changing World\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristian Warren\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: DISCOVERING NEW HEALTH IMPACTS: CARCIOGENESIS, MUTAGENESIS AND MORE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND NON-KNOWLEDGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Discovering Chemical Carcinogenesis: The Case of the Aromatic Amines\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHeiko Stoff and Anthony S. Travis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cyclamates: A Tale of Uncertain Knowledge (1930s–1980s)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlexander von Schwerin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cadmium Poisoning in Japan: The Itai-itai Disease and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMasanori Kaji†\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dioxins: The “Total Poison”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStefan Böschen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: NEW PRODUCTS, NEW EFFECTS. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LONG SHADOW OF THE 1960S\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Organophosphates\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFrederick R. Davis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Tale of Two Nations: DDT in the USA and the UK\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter J. T. Morris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e War and Peace: The Phenoxy Herbicides\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAmy M. Hay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Raising a Stink: The Short Happy Life of MTBE\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn K. Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eErnst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042744729943,"sku":"9781800734340","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800734340.jpg?v=1750955437","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hazardous-chemicals-agents-of-risk-and-change-1800-2000-9781800734340","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}